Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People

Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People features coverage of projects that have won The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Nation Honor Awards for Urban Design throughout recent years. This comprehensive guide of tools and information on urban design is endorsed by the AIA and was written by the 2005 and 2006 chairs of the AIA Regional and Urban Design Committee.

Serving as a unique guide for urban designers, students and architects, the text provides informative and detailed insight into current temporary urban design paradigms and principles, design tools and processes for various project types and scales. The book also provides coverage of neighborhoods, downtowns, Main Street revitalization, college campuses and waterfronts. 288 pages.

Table of Contents:

• Part I.Paradigms, Principles and Process.
• Chapter 1: Urban Design--A Social and Public Art.
• Chapter 2: Roots of Urban Form.
• Chapter 3: Decentralization: The Growth of the Modern City.
• Chapter 4: Recentralization: The City as the Future.
• Chapter 5: Principles for an Urban Century.
• Part II: Putting Urban Design Into Practice.
• Chapter 6: Guiding Regional Growth and Change.
• Chapter 7: Rediscovering Downtown and Main Street.
• Chapter 8: Reinventing Older Neighborhoods.
• Chapter 9: Inventing New Neighborhoods.
• Chapter 10: Reclaiming the Waterfront.
• Chapter 11: Creating the Public Realm.
• Chapter 12: Transforming Campus into Community.